Minister of the Interior (East Timor)

The Minister of the Interior (Portuguese: Ministro do Interior, Tetum: Ministru Interiór) is a senior member of the Constitutional Government of East Timor heading the Ministry of the Interior.

Minister of the Interior
Coat of Arms of East Timor
Flag of East Timor
Incumbent
Taur Matan Ruak
since 24 June 2020
Ministry of the Interior
StyleMinister
(informal)
His Excellency
(formal, diplomatic)
Member ofConstitutional Government
Reports toPrime Minister
AppointerPresident of East Timor
(following proposal by the Prime Minister of East Timor)
Inaugural holder
Formation1975 / 2000
WebsiteMinistry of the Interior

Functions

Under the Constitution of East Timor, the Minister has the power and the duty:

  1. to implement the policy defined for the Ministry of the Interior;
  2. to ensure relations between the Government and the other organs of the State in the area of responsibility of the Ministry.[1]

Where the Minister is in charge of the subject matter of a government statute, the Minister is also required, together with the Prime Minister, to sign the statute.[1]

Incumbent

The incumbent Minister of the Interior is Taur Matan Ruak, Prime Minister of East Timor.[2][3] He is assisted by António Armindo, Deputy Minister of the Interior,[note 1] and Joaquim José Gusmão dos Reis Martins, Secretary of State for Civil Protection.[3]

List of Ministers

The following individuals have been appointed as the Minister:

No. Party Minister Portrait Title Government
(Prime Minister)		 Term start Term end Term in office
1 Fretilin Alarico Fernandes Minister of Information, Home Affairs and Security 1975 CoM
(Lobato)		 1 December 1975 17 December 1975 16 days
2 United Nations Jean-Christian Cady Minister for Police and Emergency Services I UNTAET
(Vieira de Mello)		 15 July 2000 20 September 2001 1 year, 67 days
3 Fretilin Antoninho Bianco Minister of Internal Administration II UNTAET
(Alkatiri)		 20 September 2001 20 May 2002 242 days
4 Rogério Tiago Lobato Minister of Internal Administration
(to 4 March 2003)
Minister of Interior
(from 6 March 2003)		 I Constitutional
(Alkatiri)		 20 May 2002 1 June 2006 4 years, 12 days
5 Independent Alcino Baris Minister of Interior II Constitutional
(Ramos-Horta)		 10 July 2006 19 May 2007 1 year, 29 days
III Constitutional
(da Silva)		 19 May 2007 8 August 2007
6 CNRT Xanana Gusmão Minister of Defense IV Constitutional
(Gusmão)		 8 August 2007 8 August 2012 7 years, 192 days
Minister of Defence and Security V Constitutional
(Gusmão)		 8 August 2012 16 February 2015
7 Independent Longuinhos Monteiro Minister of the Interior VI Constitutional
(Araújo)		 16 February 2015 15 September 2017 2 years, 211 days
8 Fretilin Agostinho Sequeira Somotxo Minister of Defence and Security VII Constitutional
(Alkatiri)		 3 October 2017 22 June 2018 262 days
(acting) Independent Filomeno da Paixão de Jesus Minister of the Interior VIII Constitutional
(Ruak)		 22 June 2018 24 June 2020 2 years, 2 days
9 PLP Taur Matan Ruak VIII Constitutional
(Ruak)
(restructured)		 24 June 2020 Incumbent 1 year, 313 days

References

Footnote
  1. The Constitution of East Timor provides, in sections 104 and 105, for the appointment of officials referred to in its English language version as "Deputy Ministers". In other English language publications, those officials are commonly referred to as "Vice Ministers", even though the word "Vice", in context, arguably has a different meaning in English from the word "Deputy". In this article, the constitutional expression "Deputy" is used.

Notes
  1. "Constitution of East Timor, Section 117" (PDF). Government of Timor-Leste. 20 May 2002. Retrieved 25 March 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. "Swearing-In and organic structure of the Eight Constitutional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. 24 June 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  3. "Structure of the VIII Constitutional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. Retrieved 8 January 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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